Jigging beet washer and rock catcher



E. A. FRANKLIN AND G. .l. DALEY.

JIGGING BEET WASHER AND ROCK CATCHER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9.1919. .896

Patented Oct. 3, 1922.

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HGGING BEET WASHER AND ROCK CATCHER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9. I919.

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JIGGING BEET WASHER AND ROCK C ATCHER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9. 1919.

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EIEELEN AUGUSTUS FRAITILIN AND G'USTAVE JGHAHN DALEY, OF FORT COLLliNS,GOLORfiDO.

JIGGING BRET VJASEEB AND BOOK CATCHEB.

Application filed June 9, 1919.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EMLEN AUGUSTUS FRANKLIN and Gus'rnvn JOI-IANNDALEY, citizens of the United States, residing at Fort Collins, in thecounty of Larimer and State of Colorado, have invented a new and usetulJigging Beet Washer and Rock Catcher, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to apparatus for preparing beets for themanufacture of sugar, and an object is to remove from the beets allrocks which may accompany the beets as they are delivered to thefactory, thus to absolutely prevent any rocks or other heavy solids frombeing carried into the beet cutters.

Sugar beets are of such specificvgravity that a quantity of beets movingalong a tlume iilled with water will be practically submerged, and acurrent of water suticient to carry the beets along the flume is apt toalso carry rocks along the iiume if said rocks are dumped into the flumewith the beets, and an object of this invention is to move the beetsalong the flume, and to retain the rocks so that they may be cleaned outoi the llume alter the beets have been discharged.

This invention is broadly new, basic and primary in that means areprovided in con nection with the tlume whereby the water in the flumewill be subjected to wave action tending to successively raise and lowerthe beets as they pass down along the liume, thereby floating the beetsalong by a movement which allows the rock to remain in the bottom of thellume, which is provided with a grating to SHPPOH; the rocks underneath.the beets, thus floated along. Said wave like motion of the water in theflume is caused by means at the side of the tlume, and communicatingwith the flume through said grating, the fiume being separated intocompartments by transverse riiiles spaced along the liume, and overwhich rililcs the beets must rise as they move down along the fiume.

An object oi the invention is to provide means for simultaneouslycleaning the beets trom attached earth and from rock accompanying thedischarge.

Another object is to make satisfactory provision for discharging thedirt removed from. the beets.

Fijnrther objects, advantages and :leatures Serial No. 302,963.

of the invention may appear from the accompanying drawings, thesubjoined detailed description andthe appended claims.

. Theaccompanying drawings illustrate the invention. Y

i igure l plan of the apparatus.

F g. 2 is a fragmental side elevation.

F 1g. 3 is a transverse section on line w" Figs. 1 and 2, showing thepiston 12 at the end of its upward stroke in which movement it suckswater out of the fiume.

Fig. 4- is a view of the bottom portion of Fig. 3 parts omitted andparts broken away; also showing the piston 12 at the end of its downwardstroke in which the water will be forced back into flume as indicated bythe arrows.

The tlume i may be three feet more or less in depth, and eighteen inchesmore or less in width and about fifteen feet long; but other dimensionsmay produce the same results, consequently we do not desire to belimited to any specific size.

The flume is provided with smooth side walls 2, 3 extending a desiredlength from the inlet 4 to the outlet 5. The inlet end 4: and outlet end5 are connected to similar walled flumes not shown so that a stream ofater is continually passing through the ihu'ne l; and the beets to bewashed are dumped into the fiume at the inlet end. The gratings 6 arepreferably formed of metal strips spaced apart and secured to the angleirons 6 in the bottom of the flame; however these gratings may be of anyrequisite constriurtion and arranged at the bottom oil. the liume.

Eetweem the gratings 6 there are trans verse riil'les 7 of about sixinches more or less in width and they are arranged to separate the flumeinto the rock catching compartments 8,

, and each of said compartments is provided with a sump 9, that havingconnection through a lateral 10 with a piston chamber 11, in whichpiston 12 is arranged to reciprocate, and for this purpose said pistonis shown as being pivotally connected through a connecting rod 13 withan eccentric band 14- operated by an eccentric 15 mounted on a shaft 16,which is driven by power through any suitable means, as the sprocketwheel 17, and connections, not shown, to a motor, not shown.

o'aiz'i shaft 16 is provided with a plu rality oil eccentrics 15, 15 11115 staggered on the shaft 16 for successive operation of the pistons 12,12 12 and 12 as the shaft rotates, which pistons are shown as square incross section, and which. fit thechambers 11 and which successively movethe water to and from the flume 1 through the grates G and into and outof the laterals 10 and sum ps 9. The waters wave-like upward anddownward motion produced by the operation of the pistons, raises andlowers the beets successively in the successive compartments and thebeets are thus moved along over the rifl'les 7 while the heavymaterials, such as rocks, pieces oi? iron, if any oi? the like areretained within the. compartments.

Each sump 9 is provided with an outlet 18 closed by a valve 19 which isoperated through a suitably adjusted lever arrangement 20, provided witha handle 21 within the reach of the operator.

A by-pass 22 is provided alongside the fiume on the side opposite to thepiston chambers 11, and gates 23, 24 are provided to shunt the waterfrom the inlet flume 25 around the washing flume 1 and to discharge thewater thus shunted into the outlet 'tlume 26.

In practical operation the gates 2-5, 24- will be closed so that thewater will flow directly from the inlet flume 25 through the washingfinme 1 and out at the outlet flume 26, and beets will be dumped intothe flume at the inlet end of the fluine. The shaft 16 is rotated thuscausing the water in the washing flame to rise and fall in thesuccessive compartments, whereby the beets are car-- ried along over theritHes 7 and the rocks and other heavy matter are retained in thecompartments.

After the earth becomes separated from the beets it falls through thegratings 6 into the sumps 9 and from time to time the operator willoperate the handles 21, thus opening the valves 18 and discharging thesoil from the sumps. The handles 21 may be operated from time to time asrequired. Vi hen the accumulation of rock in the wave compartmentsbecomes suiiicient to require removal, the shunting gates 23, will beswung across the flume to shunt the water through the shunting flume,then the rocks may be cleared out'of the wave compartments; shuntinggates return to allow the water to flow through the flame, and furthercharges of beets willv then be cleansed.

e claim:

1. rock catcher comprising a flume, having a grate at the bottom,riiiles separating the lower part or" the flume into compartments, meansfor supplying water to the flame, means for causing an upward anddownward action oi? the wateras it flows 1 ,asasee through said iiuzne,and means for shunting the water around said fiume tor the purposespecified.

2. In a jigging device, supply and discharge fiumes, a washing fluineand a bypass flume each having adjacent communicating connections bothwith said supply and discharge fiumes, and gates adapted to close thecommunications between the supply and dischargeflumes either with saidwashing liuine or with said by-pass iiume, said gates when closing thewashing flume forming a s anting wall to turn the water into the bypassfiume and from said flumeinto the discharge flume.

3 in a beet washer, the combination 01 a. iiume, having a grate at thebottom, a sump beneath the grate, a piston chamber communicating withthe sump, a piston reciprocating in the chamber to cause an upward anddownward action of liquid in said Hume, a by-pass, and means forshunting liquid from said flume into said by-pass.

a. The combination with a flume adapted to carry a stream oft water andhaving a grate at its bottom, of a sump, communicat ing with the Humethrough the grate, a shaft extending alongside the flume, eccentrics onsaid shaft, piston chambers arranged below said shaft and communicatingwith the sumps, alternating pistons connected with the eccentricsrespectively and operating in said chambers, a bypass and men tlorshunting water from said fiume into said bypass.

The combination with a flume adagted to carry a stream of water andhaving a grate at its bottom, of a sump communicatin g with the flumethrough the grate, a shaft extending alongside the finale, eccentricsmounted on the shaft in staggered relation. for operating pistons inalternate order, and means for shunting water around said flame andgrate.

6. A, jigging rock ii'ume, grates in the catcher comprising a bottom oi?the flame. ritiles between said grates, a sump under each grate, alterating pistons at the side of the fiume whereby water in the tiume willbe sucked through part of said grates into corresponding sumps anddischarged from the other sumps through their corresponding grates intothe flume, and a bypass at the side of said flume opposite said pistons.

In testimony whereby, we have hereunto set our hands at Fort Collins,Colorado, this 22 day of lvlay, 1919.

EMLEN AUGUSTUS FRi XNKLIN. GUSTAVE JOHA NN Dr... Jl lY. Witnesses Gno.H. SHAW, TM. M. GENTLE.

